Mothproof clothes-wrapper.



S. C. CHAMBERS.

MOTHPROOF CLOTHES WRAPPER.

APPLICATION TILED DBO. 2a, 1913.

Witnesses 1 a glnventor Attorneys COLUMBIA PMNOORAPH CO.. WASHINGTON, D. C-

Patented June 16, 1914.

SIDNEY C. CHAMBERS, OF DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA.

MOTHPROOF CLOTHES-WRAPPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 26, 1913.

Patented June 16, 1914.

Serial No. 808,851.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SIDNEY C. CHAMBERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Durham, in the county of Durham and State of North Carolina, have invented a new and useful Mothproof Clothes-Wrapper, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention appertains to clothes wrappers or envelopments and aims primarily to provide a novel or improved moth or insect proof device of that character.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a moth proof clothes or garment wrapper of unique construction, in order to adapt it for suspension within a clothes closet or wardrobe, and in order that the wrapper may be placed Within a trunk, chest or other container, to serve as a moth proof lining therefor.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a clothes or garment wrapper of the nature indicated, embodying novel closure means therefor, whereby the wrapper may be tightly sealed when the wrapper is closed.

With the foregoing general objects outlined, and with other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention has been illustrated in its preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is an inside view of the wrapper in open condition, portions being broken away. Fig. 2 is an outside view of the wrapper in open condition. Fig. 3 is a sectional detail of the wrapper, illustrating the same as applied to a clothes hook. Fig. 4: is an enlarged cross sectional view of the wrapper in closed condition, portions being broken away.

The wrapper or envelopment embodies a textile or fabric blank including the sections or halves 1 and 2 adapted to be folded together upon their median line. The sections or leaves contour, the blank, as a whole, bein approxlmately square, although it may %m of various proportions.

The wrapper or envelopment is of flexible three ply structure, including a facing 3 of canvas or other suitable material of such texture as to withstand the external conditions, a lining 4 of silk, cotton or other material of such texture as to suit the clothes or garments, and a moth or insect repelling filling or sheet 5 interposed or sandwiched between the facing and lining. This moth or insect repelling sheet or ply 5, is preferably in the nature of a sheet of paper or the like, coated with tobacco, in either leaf, granulated or dust form, although cedar dust or shavings, or other suitable composition, may be substituted for the tobacco. The three plies are co-extensive throughout the area of the wrapper or envelopment, and are stitched'or sewed together throughout their area by numerous lines of longitudinal and cross stitches, as indicated in the drawing. In this manner, the moth repelling ply is confined between the facing and lining, and will render the wrapper or envelopment moth or insect proof.

The section or half 1 of the wrapper or envelop constitutes the body or back of the wrapper, having the section or closure flap 2 at one side and adapted to be folded thereover.

In order to permit the clothes or garments to be hung or suspended within the wrapper, and in order to permit the Wrapper to be suspended or hung from a clothes hook, nail or the like, a looped strap 6 and the second looped strap 7 are secured internally and externally to the upper end of the body or back 1, by means of rivets or other securing means 8, the loop 6 hanging or depending downwardl upon the inner sideof the back, and the loop 7 projecting upwardly upon the outer side of the back. A ring 9 is preferably engaged by the outer loop 7, to engage a clothes hanger 10, a nail, or other member, from which the wrapper is to be suspended, A clothes hanger 11, or a number of clothes hangers or other articles may be suspended from the inner loop 6, it being noted that the loops 6 and 7 being connected by the rivets 8, will permit the hanger 11 to be suspended directly from the clothes 1 and 2 are of rectangular: hook 10, or the like, without subjecting the to the ends and free edge wrapper to any strain whatever due to the weight of the garment or garments suspended from the loop 6.

As a means for sealing the wrapper, when the closure flap 2 is swung over the back 1, metallic strips 12 are applied exteriorly to the end portions of each of the sections of the wrapper, and similar strips, exteriorly to the free edge strips 13 are applied portions of the said sections, a pair of 13 being provided for each portion, while a single strip 12 i provided for each end of each section. The strips 12 and 13 are pivoted together at the corners of the wrapper, as at 14:, and the adjoining ends of the side strips 13 are pivoted together as at 15. Thus, the strips as a whole provide a frame for the wrapper, to lend rigidity to the Wrapper, o as to hold the wrapper in proper condition when in use. Attention is also directed to the fact that the break joints between the side links 13, permit the inner or adjoining ends of the side links 13 to be moved inwardly or toward each other, whereby the end strips 12 may be moved toward each other in parallelism, until all of the strips are brought together within a small compass, with the wrapper proper in order that the entire device may be folded with a small compass, to be readily stored, shipped or carried.

Packing strips 16, of leather, or other suitable material, are disposed interiorly along the edge and end portions of the back I l and closure flap 2 of the wrapper, to complement packing strips 16 0f the wrapper or body and closure flap, arranged to swing against the closure flap is swung over the back or body 1, to thereby effectively close the rapp r The end and side or edge strips 12 and 13 of the body or back 1 are provided with clasp or fastener elements 17 engaging through the respective strips 16, and havingv the heads or knObs 18 upon the inner side;

or face Of the back, while the clasp or fastener elements 19 are attached to the end and side or edge strips 12l3 of the closure. flap 2, and have snap or spring sockets 20' engaging through the respective packing strips 16 whereby when the closure flap is swung over the back the spring sockets 20 may be snapped over the heads or knobs 18 of the clasp or fastener elements 17 in the manner of the ordinary glove fasteners. This permits the ends and free or side edge of the closure flap to be effectively attached of the back or body 1 to hold the packingstrips 16 in tight engagement, for closing the wrapper.

ltis preferable to render the frame strips l2 and 13 remoyable, in order that the Wrapper proper may be employed without the metallic strips 12 and 13. The sections; respectively, are each other, when the frame. .Thus, when the frame strips are removed, the wrapper could be applied to atrunk, chest or other container, for providing a moth or insect proof lining therefor, as will be apparent without illustration or further description thereof.

In use, the present wrapper may be employed in a wardrobe, clothes closet, or the like, the ring 9 being readily engaged to the clothes hook, or other supporting element, for supporting the back of the wrapper, as suggested in Fig. 3. Then, when the closure flap 2 is opened, the clothes or garments may be readily suspended from the inner loop 6, whereby the closure flap may be closed over the clothes or garments to inclose or envelop the same. As above intimated, the closure flap may be fastened to the back or body, by engaging the clasp elements 19 to the clasp elements 17 of the back or body. The wrapper being thus closed, will prevent the entry of moths or other insects thereinto, and the structure of the wrapper proper will effectively preclude moths or other insects from attacking the clothes or garments.

When the wrapper is not in use, the same may be compactly folded or collapsed, either when in open or closed condition, the side or edge strips 13 being readily doubled or folded together, so as to permit the strips 12 to fold together also. When the strips or frame members are thus folded together, with the wrapper blank, the entire structure may be readily stored, shipped or carried about.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is y 1. A flexible clothes wrapper embodying two outer cloth plies forming a facing and lining, and an intermediate paper ply coated with an insect-repelling substance, the three plies being stitched together throughout their area.

7 2. A clothes wrapper embodying a fabric body having a closure flap to fold thereover, loosely-connected foldable metallic strips applied to the end and edge portions of the body and flap, and interengageable clasp elements carried by the strips of the body and flap, respectively.

3. A clothes wrapper embodying a fabric back having a closure flap arranged to fold thereover, metallic strips applied to the end and edge portions of the back and flap, the strips of the .back and flap, respectively, being pivoted together, and opposite strips being foldable to bring the others together, and interengageable clasp elements carried by the strips of the back and flap, respectively.

4. In a clothes wrapper, a rectangular fabric back having a rectangular closure flap arranged to fold thereover, a metallic str p applied to each end of the back and flap, a plurality of metallic strips applied to the free edge of the back and flap, the adjoining ends of the last mentioned strips being pivoted together, and the remote ends of the last mentioned strips being pivoted to the first mentioned strips, and interengageable clasp elements carried by the strips of the back and flap respectively.

5. In a clothes Wrapper, a fabric back having a closure flap arranged to fold thereover, metallic strips applied exteriorly to the end and edge portions of the back and flap, packing strips applied interiorly to the end and edge portions of the back and flap and complementing the aforesaid strips, and clasp elements carried by the metallic strips and engaging through the packing strips, the clasp elements of the back and flap being interengageable.

6. In a clothes Wrapper, a. fabric back having a closure flap, pivotally connected metallic strips applied exteriorly to the end.

and edge portions of the back and flap, respectively, packing strips applied interiorly to the end and edge portions of the back and flap and complementing the aforesaid strips, and clasp elements carried by the metallic strips and engaging through the packing strips, the clasp elements of the back and flap being interengageable.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signaturein the presence of two witnesses.

SIDNEY C. CHAMBERS.

Witnesses:

SELINA WILLSON, I. E. SIMPSON.

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